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GUISE
Definition of GUISE
noun
A customary way of speaking or acting; a fashion, a manner, a practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)
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Where it comes from
From Middle English guise, gise, gyse, from Old French guisse, guise, vise (“guise, manner, way”), from Old Frankish *wīsa (“manner, way, fashion”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, view, behold, perceive”). Cognate with Old High German wīsa (“way, manner”), Old English wīse (“way, manner”), Dutch wijze (“way, manner”). More at wise.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GUISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 165 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUISE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGISU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GUISE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GUISE?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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